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Jon Turk
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- Older in Vanuatu - South Pacific 2007: L/C Brisk - Newer in Vanuatu - South Pacific 2007: It's All About Recovery
Jon called me on Sunday from the north coast of Epi Island, sitting on a rock next to the worlds biggest spider.
He and Nina arrived on Epi via third world freighter - 100 people crammed together overnight in a small space with random baggage and malfunctioning plumbing. A group of muscled, mean, rough-looking guys got into a big pillow fight and giggled a lot.
Now they have been paddling north along the island in continuing anomalous weather - torrential rain every day, even though this is the dry season. The winds that turned them back from their first crossing (35 knots it turned out to be) have died down, and the rain is not cold, just wet.
The people they meet are all friendly and everyone has some kind of story for the travelers - one man talks at length about his pig, another about movie stars, and further on, someone takes them on a guided tour of medicinal plants of the jungle.
Now they are ready to make another crossing, 6 or 7 miles to Paama Island. The wind is calm, a squall darkens the sky to the south, all is well.
Dated: 09/11/2007
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